The Quadrangle- Issue 7, Fall 2022

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President Emeritus Brennan O’Donnell Takes On a New Role

Mack Olmsted Asst. Production Editor

Manhattan College’s presi dent emeritus, Brennan O’Don nell, Ph.D, has recently been selected to join the board of trustees at Misericordia Uni versity. O’Donnell was pres ident of Manhattan College from 2009 to 2022.

ciation of Catholic Colleges and Universities.

O’Donnell explained in an email to The Quadrangle how the selection process for the board of trustees works and why colleges reach out to mul tiple schools to gain different perspectives and experienc es to help them improve their goals.

Several of the Senior Students Inducted into Epsilon Sigma Pi Honor Society

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Epsilon Sigma Pi Sets Record Number of Inductees in 2022

Andrew Mannion and Isaiah Rosario Staff Writers

Epsilon Sigma Pi, the high est scholastic honor society at Manhattan College, welcomed a record high number of 225 new inductees this past week end, according to manhattan. edu.

Epsilon Sigma Pi is open to all undergraduates students of all programs. Induction into this honor society requires a cumulative grade point aver age of no less than a 3.5.

Executive Vice President and Provost William Clyde, Ph.D, explained that despite a record number of inductees, a factor that played a major role

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in the size of this inducted class was the size of the graduating class..

Clyde also emphasized the community’s resilience towards the challenges of the past two years for everybody leading up to the 2022 Epsilon Sigma Pi induction.

“People are working hard. The last two years have been very challenging for students, faculty and for the whole world,” Clyde said. “There have been some unusual grad ing pieces in there because of that, but all in all, people have been working hard, hopefully have been learning what they needed to and to be successful out in the world.”

Katie Rachman, one of this year’s inductees, felt the cere

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mony was enjoyable.

“It was really nicely put to gether,” Rachman said. “We walked in a procession and then got to watch everyone get their awards and they set up a nice little reception for us after, they did a really great job making us feel special and welcomed.”

Being inducted to the high est educational honor society means a lot to the students of the college.

Victoria Correia took this opportunity to look back on her hard work.

“It felt refreshing and it was just a good accomplishment because it felt like a lot of my work just paid off at that mo

O’Donnell was one of three new board of trustees mem bers that were appointed by Misericordia University.

Interim President Broth er Daniel Gardner, who took on the role of president after working under O’Donnell for five years, shared his admira tion for O’Donnell as well as his history and impact working for Manhattan College.

“Brennan O’Donnell es tablished a fine legacy as Manhattan College president during his 13-year tenure,” Gardner wrote in an email to the Quadrangle. “Throughout those years Dr. O’Donnell was able to expand the college’s footprint with the opening of the Raymond W. Kelly ’63 Stu dent Commons, and Patricia and Cornelius J. Higgins ‘62 Engineering and Science Cen ter while also maintaining and reinforcing our core Lasallian principles. He also successful ly guided the College through one of the most critical mo ments in our history during the coronavirus pandemic.”

O’Donnell has been in volved in the higher education community for multiple de cades, working to improve the system for students. He has taken on numerous roles in higher education such as ed itor of the national magazine, Conversations on Jesuit High er Education, a member of the National Seminar on Jesuit High Education and sat on the board of directors of the Asso

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“It’s pretty common for presidents or president emer iti of one college to serve on the board of trustees of other schools,” O’Donnell wrote. “Presidents and boards alike appreciate having someone with presidential experience to help guide the mission of the university. It is considered as service to the profession and to higher education in general.”

O’Donnell is very passion ate about joining the board of trustees at Misericordia Uni versity and shares personal connections with the universi ty. O’Donnell explained why he took on this new role and what he hopes to bring to the table to help further Misericordia Uni versity’s overall mission.

“The president there is in his second year, and he reached out to our professional organi zation, the Association of Cath olic Colleges and Universities (ACCU), for recommendations on someone who might be a good fit,” O’Donnell wrote. “In addition—as the press release notes—I already had a strong association with the school, it is very close to where I grew up. My mother was an alumna, as was her sister and many other relatives, my high school was a kind of feeder to MU as well, so I know lots of people who have connections with the university. It was in part to recognize these connections that they awarded me an honorary doc

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LETTER from the EDITOR

Dear Readers,

I hope you are all finished with midterms and able to take a fresh breath of relief! This week at The Quadrangle, we dove into stories about the latest Epsilon Sigma Pi induc tion, MC’s participation in the city’s Breast Cancer Awareness Walk and give you a deep dive on MC’s new men’s basketball coach.

If you are involved on campus and would like to share an event, initiative or pitch a profile that you think would add to our paper, please feel free to send a note to thequad@man hattan.edu. We are always looking for new stories on campus, and want to hear from you!

I hope you all enjoy this week, and dive into the Hallow een spirit this weekend! We can’t wait to see all the festivities this upcoming week.

Sincerely,

Kyla Guilfoil

Editor-in-Chief

President Emeritus Brennan O’Donnell Takes On a New Role

torate in 2019.”

Gardner looks forward to seeing how O’Donnell will be an asset to the university’s mis sion.

“Dr. O’Donnell brings a wealth of experience and ex pertise to his role as a board member at Misericordia, and the university is fortunate to have someone of his stature,” Gardner wrote. “As a native of Northeastern Pennsylvania with strong family ties to the university, his commitment to Misericordia’s academic mis sion and vision–is unmistak able.”

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ment,” Correia said. “I re flected a lot on the past four years itself. I know that my se nior year just started but it was a lot of thinking during the cer emony ‘Wow, I made it’. This was such an honor. It was a re ally, really good feeling.”

There was a sense of hon or amongst students, knowing that all their hard work was able to be put on display in front of staff and family.

“I felt really honored,” Rach man said. “I’m only a third year student and I am in senior sta tus. Being able to achieve this in three years was something I felt honored to be considered for because when I originally got the email, I did not believe I actually qualified so I went and double checked. I just felt grateful and honored from the school for thinking of me like that.”

Correia gave advice to the students that wish to be induct ed into Epsilon Sigma Pi in the future.

“Don’t give up. I tried hard to maintain a good GPA. A lot of people will tell you that GPA doesn’t matter after college and I’ve heard that many different times. Although that may be true for some people … I think that it’s still important to make the most of it at the moment,” Correia said. “You may be thinking long term ‘My GPA doesn’t matter and I don’t want to try hard in my classes’, it still is college.”

Correia further shared the sentiment of hard work and dedication being an important factor in the long run for future students.

“You’re coming to class ev ery day you’re here, take the time and do the work and focus. Don’t give up and keep pushing yourself because that’s what’s going to get you that award.”

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Students receiving their certificate into Epsilon Sigma Pi Honors Society at Manhattan College.

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President Emeritus, Brennan O’Donnell got appointed by Misericordia University to join their board of trustees.

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MCStudentsTickledPinkFor CharityAtBreastCancerWalk

Adrianne Hutto Production Editor

Manhattan College stu dents from Greek life to ath letes were present at the annual Breast Cancer Walk in Central Park on Sunday, Oct. 16. Some of the groups included Delta Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Delta Tau, The Lasallian Women and Gender Resource Center and several sports teams.

For Delta Kappa Epsilon, participation in the Breast Can cer Walk is a tradition as the fraternity has chosen breast cancer awareness as their chapter’s charity. This year marks the chapter’s eighth year participating in the walk, with a two year break during COVID. Jacob Rine is a junior at Manhattan College studying economics and global business and recruitment chair for DKE.

“We’ve all had people that, you know, family or friends, who have had to go through this and it’s kind of the least that we can do,” Rine said. “And we all have fun with it too. We get up in the morning, some guys will paint their fac es, paint their fingernails. And then we head down, take the train all together, and it’s all great time.”

For Rine, the walk is im portant because of his personal connection to breast cancer.

“I’ve had some family mem bers and some family friends who have had breast cancer, unfortunately, lost their lives from breast cancer,” Rine said.

Rine explained that the fraternity’s enthusiasm at the walk shows through to others.

Which is something that usu ally catches other participants’ attention.

“There’s this lady who was wearing a shirt that said survivor on it, that she was a survivor of breast cancer, and she had this dog that she com pletely spray painted pink,” Rine said. “And so as we were finishing the race, we were kind of walking and we noticed the dog and came back and she asked to get a picture of all of us, you know, we were wear ing our letters, we were on our shirts, and she got a picture of all of us with the dog.”

“So that was pretty cool. Because as we’re walking by and we’re walking past people that work there, or just any other people, we’re always showing our enthusiasm, and they love that about us when we go to the walk,” Rine said.

“And so it’s great to see the contribution that we’re making and how appreciative the peo ple working and other people walking in the race are of that.”

Rebecca McCann is a se nior at MC and a member of Sigma Delta Tau. While it was her first year at the NYC Breast Cancer Walk, McCann explained that it is still an im portant organization for her personally.

“Breast cancer is a huge thing that runs in my family,” McCann said. “So, every year I do other walks, but I haven’t done this one in particular. So, giving back and donating is very nice for me.”

Despite having a personal connection to the illness, Mc Cann enjoyed herself at the walk.

“All the frat guys [in] DKE,

they’re so funny,” McCann said. “They played music the whole time and just kept the energy going and got everyone else, even people we didn’t know, to be like, ‘Yeah, let’s go,’ that was fun.”

The Lasallian Women and Gender Resource Center was another group with a large rep resentation at the walk. As a part of their participation this year, the center raised 1,500 dollars on their fundraising page. Dr. Evelyn Scaramella is a professor in the Modern Lan guages Department at Manhat tan College and is the faculty director at The LWGRC.

In honor of her mother, Scaramella has been working with the American Cancer Soci ety for over 10 years. For her, fundraising became an outlet for her healing process and as a means of supporting her

mother.

“My mother passed away from breast cancer when I was younger, in 2004,” Scaramel la said. “And so when I was in high school and in college, she was going on her journey with being a survivor and going through different phases of her battle with the illness. I would walk with various organiza tions, through my school with friends and with other family.”

MC students had participat ed in the past, however, not to the degree they did this year, Scaramella explained.

“This year, it was a real plea sure to see all the sports teams participating. There were hun dreds of students from Manhat tan participating, which was su per exciting,” Scaramella said. “So when my group we walked, we started a little bit later be cause it was a staggered start, by the time we got there and started the organizers were like, ‘Which group from Man hattan [College] are you?’ be cause we had hundreds of stu dents participating. So it was very exciting to see the school contributing to the cause in

that way.”

Despite the walk having already passed, students who were not able to attend and want to contribute to the cause can donate on The LWGRC’s fundraising page using the QR code.

While it can be a joyous and celebratory event, it can also be very emotional for those who were deeply impacted by breast cancer.

“There’s always obviously members in different teams who have personal connections who are survivors themselves,” Scaramella said. “So I always get emotional when I see peo ple walking and people caring about the cause because it’s nice to see other people who are either going through their own journeys with breast can cer or survivors and that’s very inspirational.”

MC students and staff showed their support this weekend en masse, truly em bodying the Lasallian spirit of the college. For more infor mation about ways to support Breast Cancer research visit cancer.org.

The Lasallian Women and Gender Resource Center with their faculty director, Evelyn Scaramella at the starting line of the walk. EVELYN SCARAMELLA/ COURTESY

SDT and DKE post with pink dog at the end of the Breast Cancer Walk. REBECCA MCCANN/COURTESY

Brooke DellaRocco Staff Writer

Jenga, s’mores, pizza, cot ton candy and a campfire — what more could you ask for? This past Friday, the Black Stu dent Union had its first event of the year: a “Chill Out,” which invited students of all races and ethnicities to release a little of the pent-up stress that builds up during midterms.

Founded in 2017 and offi cially paired with Student En gagement in 2020, the BSU has impacted campus by represent ing the community of people of color and other minorities..

“Our mission is just to en hance change, promote differ ent types of goals, and commu nity within Manhattan, both on and off campus,” co-president Laurah Perrin said.

This year BSU has no cur rent members from previous years, which makes it extreme ly difficult to determine what their agenda for the year will entail. But active co-presidents Laurah Perrin and Quemarii Williams hope to engage with the community in order to hear the student’s ideas about possi

ble initiatives.

The importance of having a group of people to stand with and relate to is like no other and spoken upon by Natalie Schmidt, a sophomore and at tendee of the “Chill Out.”

“Communities are always important no matter what,” Schmidt said. “Whether it be Black, Latino, Asian culture, or even LGBTQ, it’s nice to have a community of people that you can relate to. You know, you guys can work on things together, help support activist programs, further equality, be cause it’s really important to know that you’re not alone.”

For Perrin, BSU is a place where they can find themselves and pursue causes that are im portant to them.

“Most of my life, I’ve just identified myself with the hy brid identity of a student-ath lete and nothing else,” Perrin said. “And I feel like BSU has really helped me become in tune with myself as a black female, and with other black students, especially in a school like Manhattan that’s predomi nantly white.”

Just by walking into the McNeil Courtyard — also

known as the mini quad — it was easy to notice how much BSU cares about the students and faculty here on campus. Games, food and music could be heard from a distance.

One student, Ester Davis, talked about how beneficial this event was.

“We’ve been waiting for a while, but everyone’s happy right now and having some fun, so it brings the happiness out of the season,” Davis said.

The BSU encourages many people to come participate and join in on the activities and see some new faces. Rebecca Wil son, senior and secretary of the BSU, specifically mentioned how inclusive they are.

“We want people to come out, celebrate. If you’re not Black, come out and celebrate. We want you to come and show love, show support,” Wilson said.

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Jenga, s’mores, pizza, cotton candy and a campfire — what more could you ask for?

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Students roasting smores at the BSU event this past Friday.

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The Black Student Union provided students with drinks and snacks for the event.

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TobaláServesUpAuthentic ArtisanOaxacanCuisine

Angelica Niedermeyer

Asst. Sports Editor

High wooden beam ceil ings, woven chairs and clay pots welcome diners into the Mezcal (smoked tequila) filled bar along with a warm hostess and friendly bartenders. The vision- artisan Oaxaca decor and cuisine from southwestern Mexico.

Located on Riverdale Ave nue, Tobalá, a Mexican restau rant and bar opened its doors on Sept. 12, 2022. Tobalá is family owned and operated by Eluisania Lopes, who goes by Eli, along with her husband, Chef Moises Lopes, as well as her sister-in-law and brother-inlaw.

“We have been in the busi ness for the past 10 years,” Eli said. ”We always work in Mexi can restaurants and after many trips to Oaxaca, we felt like Riverdale needed something different.”

The large restaurant has plenty of open space for parties to dine outside, at the bar, at many tables, or a booth in the back. Open from 5 p.m. to 12 a.m., the romantic candle lit at mosphere even has DJ Cosmi ca on some Friday nights. Hap py hour is from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

“We wanted to create some thing more authentic because we have other Mexican restau rants, but they are like Tex Mex,” said Lopes. “When you think about Mexico you think about colors, tacos, sombreros,

piñatas — it is not all about that. There are a lot of artisanal as pects to Mexico and if you see the decoration it is very simple. Parts of Mexico are like that, it is not only what we know.”

With creative dishes like vegan coconut ceviche and classic dishes dating back to the Mayans, like Pollito De Leche (hen with spicy choco late sauce), patrons are bound to find something they enjoy.

Nico Newman, bartender at Tobalá, explains that the flavor packed hen is his favorite dish.

“It’s the cornish hen and it’s because the mole (the sauce) on it is just so good,” said New man. “There are so many dif ferent flavors going on in theresome chocolate, lots of peppers — it is super complex. To me, something super rich like that just makes it for me.”

For curious customers wanting to try the restaurant’s showcased smokey alcohol ic beverage, Mezcal (which means “over-cooked agave,”), Newman shares the best way to drink it.

“If they want the experi ence of just trying Mezcal, I would say stick to sipping on a pour of one of the many differ ent bottles of Mezcal we have here,” Newman said. “There’s so many variations of it, some that are sweet, some that are spicy, some that are more herb al, some that are more fruity. I think personally it is better to just sip on it, rather than use it on a cocktail, although we do make cocktails with it.”

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Tobalá is already bringing in new customers and visitors to Riverdale, after participating in Riverdale’s Restaurant Week.

“The service was great,” said Manhattan College senior Sydney Garff. “My friend and I got the Elote Tierno and the Pollito de Leche to split. Both were really good and the cock tails were also delicious. The menu has a slim selection and is a little pricey, but not if you split food. The portions are plenty to share. The vibe is very minimalistic and light, which is a change from Tin Marín just down the block that we usually frequent. I would definitely rec ommend it to people!”

New customers are not only from Riverdale, Lopes explains, but from all over New York.

“We are getting a lot of sup port from the community and we have people coming from other parts of New York like Brooklyn and Queens, which is great,” said Lopes. “Now, we have people come to Riverdale to explore this area.”

On Nov. 1 at 7 p.m., Tobalá in collaboration with Del Ma guey Mezcal, is celebrating Dia De Los Muertos with custom made flower crowns, souvenirs from Del Maguey Mezcal, and an extended happy hour, ac cording to their Instagram, @ tobalanyc.

“For us, the Tobalá concept is more than cuisine and cock tails, it’s also an exploration of Mexican culture, its people, and its distinctive traditions,” a cap tion on one of their Instagram posts reads. “We are excited to

share the knowledge culminat ed from our trips throughout Mexico, stories from friends and family, and from our indi vidual journeys on this path.”

“High wooden beam ceilings, woven chairs and clay pots welcome diners into the Mezcal (smoked tequila) filled bar along with a warm hostess and friendly bartenders.”

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The ‘Pollito de Leche’ which features a chocolate mole rojo with a salad and ‘Warm Tortillas’ come in corn or taro.

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Tobalá’s signature is their Mezcal, which is “over-cooked agave.”

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Jaspers Come Together To Celebrate Performing Arts Room Renovation

Megan LaCreta Arts & Entertainment Editor

Music will ring from Thom as Hall once again, thanks to the determination of the Man hattan College community.

On Saturday Oct. 15, the Manhattan College community gathered together to celebrate the official reopening of Thom as 517. Throughout the first few weeks of the semester, the performing arts room under went renovations as the result of a passionate campaign from students and faculty.

In April, The Quadrangle published a letter to the editor from The Society of Friends of 517, representing the perform ing arts students who use the room most. The letter detailed the poor conditions of the room, including sound leak age, water damage and haz ards such as a collapsed ceiling tile that damaged a piano.

Friends of 517 requested

that the college approve a bud get for renovations to the room, including repairing the ceiling, updating technology and pro viding proper soundproofing.

The letter explained that the performing arts communi ty felt abandoned by the college

when the neglect to the room continuously went unnoticed. Senior Luis Chavez, one of the authors of the letter, explained the student’s goal in taking their fight public.

“The intention [of the let ter] wasn’t to call out or to at

tack, but the intention was to point out what we felt was un fair,” Chavez said.

The letter achieved its in tended purpose when it caught the attention of Interim Presi dent Brother Daniel Gardner, explained Andrew Bauer, di rector of performing arts.

“[Gardner] reached out to me actually because he saw the letter in The Quad,” Bauer said. “And then he reached out to me and he said, we want to do something for performing arts, please propose a plan.”

“We saw the need [for ren ovations to Thomas 517] when I came into this job,” Gardner said. “It was pretty great be cause [the performing arts department] works so hard on behalf of our school communi ty, that they deserve to have a fantastic place. So we went out and talked to some of our very loyal alumni and donors, and they came back and took a tour of the room, and they definitely believed in the project. We got them together and they sup ported it.”

A large number of donors came together to provide the proper funding, with the Marro

family contributing a significant amount. Their nephew, former member of Singers and Music Ministry Christian D’Agostino ‘20, spoke to the extent of the renovations at the Thomas 517 reopening ceremony.

“I distinctly remember my sophomore year, the E-board members were scrambling around with buckets to make sure our sheet music wouldn’t get wet,” D’Agostino said. “But looking at this room now, I’m going to be honest. I’m very jealous.”

The renovations have left Thomas 517 with improved soundproofing, hardware floors and raised ceilings, resulting in vastly improved acoustics, shown off at the ceremony by the Music Ministry’s perfor mance of the African American spiritual, “Down in My Soul.”

The ceremony also featured a blessing by Father Thomas Franks, who apologized for any holy water that touched the room’s equipment.

“It’s a lot less water than we’ve seen in the past,” said Bauer, and the room broke into laughter.

Students perform at the reopening ceremony for Thomas 517, conducted by professor Andrew Bauer. MEGAN LACRETA/THE QUADRANGLE

Andrew Bauer, director of performing arts, interim President Brother Daniel Gardner, and Christian D’Agostino ‘20 celebrate the renovation of Thomas 517.

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English Honor Society Prepares for Halloween with a Children’s Book Drive

Jocelyn Visnov Production Editor/Web Editor

The English and Education departments at Manhattan Col lege have joined forces to help bring the wonders of reading to Riverdale this Halloween. Led by members of Sigma Tau Del ta, MC’s English honor society, students and staff can now do nate books to be used and dis tributed to kids as part of the annual Safe Halloween event.

Each year, the school of education organizes the Safe Halloween event for children and parents of the Riverdale community. The event includes representation from various clubs at MC who are tasked with choosing a theme and activities to set up in different classrooms so that children can have a fun, safe trick-ortreat experience prior to Hal loween night.

This year, the English de partment chose “Haunted Li brary” as their theme for the safe Halloween event. The goal of the book drive is to collect children’s books to read with the attendees of Safe Hallow een, and send the books home with them as well.

Derya Demirel, a senior En glish major and board member of Sigma Tau Delta explained that the idea for the book drive came up during a board meet ing for the honor society as they discussed various upcom ing events this semester.

“When we had our origi nal board meeting, we were talking about events that we wanted to do and I think Sam Keating actually brought up the Safe Halloween that the education department was do ing,” Demirel said.

From there, the board members decided that they would have a book drive to col lect books to read and distrib ute during the event.

“We’re doing a haunted library theme, so we’re col lecting books, probably from

professors and students who have any old children’s books lying around,” Demirel said. “And then we’re going to dec orate whichever room we get and they can come in and grab a book instead of getting can dy from like any of the other rooms. We’re just going to be giving out like children’s books essentially.

Donation boxes for the book drive can be found on the second floor of Miguel Hall by the dean’s office for the School of Liberal Arts.

Adam Koehler, Ph.D., and Deirdre O’Leary, Ph.D., both professors of the English de partment, were involved in the planning of the initiative. How ever Koehler, the chair of the English department, credited the success of the initiative to the students involved.

“The Book Drive is orga nized by our amazing Sigma Tau Delta students, who do all sorts of great events for the College and surrounding com munity,” Koehler said. “Their work with the book drive is a great way of bringing our fac ulty and students together — all while sponsoring literacy through the love of literature.”

Elizabeth Montoni, a senior English major who serves as the public relations chair for Sigma Tau Delta, explained her excitement and enthusiasm be hind the book drive.

“I think the book drive is a really great idea,” Monotoni said. “I think we wanted to do something where we could re ally help kids. And combining Halloween is a really cute idea because you know, who doesn’t love Halloween? And I think it’s nice to give back to the commu nity. And especially as the En glish department, our big thing is that we love to read books. And we talked about literature and I think to kind of give back to the community and kids who really need books is a great thing. So I’m grateful to be part of it.”

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Used children’s books can be donated in boxes found on the 4th floor of Miguel hall and in the faculty lounge.

Jasper Jams: Midnights Mayhemwith Megan

Megan LaCreta Arts & Entertainment Editor

Taylor Swift released her highly anticipated album “Mid nights” on Friday, Oct. 21. As a near life-long Swiftie and The Quadrangle’s Arts and Enter tainment Editor, I felt that it was my civic duty to let you all know my every thought on this album. Well, the results are in, and I’m happy to report that “Midnights” is a Quadran gle-certified pop hit.

Lavender Haze Taylor Swift has returned to pop music, and all the other pop girls should be afraid! Not en tirely a return to her “1989” era, hints of 70s and funk influence throughout add a layer to this track never-before-heard from Swift. A perfect introduction to an album full of twists.

Maroon “Maroon” feels like a ma ture continuation of Swift’s 2012 track, “Red.” Swift first re ally explored her lower register in her more recent folk albums “Folklore” and “Evermore,” and

it’s really refreshing to hear her utilize it in a pop context.

Anti-Hero

“It’s me, hi, I’m the prob lem, it’s me.” My problem?

Making this song my whole personality. This song has some of the weirdest lyrics, but also the most complex and beautiful lyrics in the album, in a true tribute to Swift’s quirky personality. A contagious beat and relatable message makes this a surefire hit.

Snow On The Beach (feat. Lana Del Rey)

Okay, I’ll be honest, I was disappointed that Lana Del Rey was relegated to backing vo cals. However, this is still easily one of my top songs on the al bum. I tend to classify songs by the seasons they feel like, and this is a definitive winter song, with echoey vibes reminiscent of the very winter album “Ever more.”

You’re On Your Own, Kid

Swift’s track fives are noto rious tear jerkers, and this is no exception. If Swift knows one

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thing, it’s how to write lyrics that will rip you into shreds. The innocent, longing tone in her voice is beautiful. Assist ing in the cause of melting me into a puddle of tears, the pro duction reminds me of Lorde’s “Hard Feelings/Loveless,” like ly thanks to shared producer Jack Antanoff.

Midnight Rain

This one is for everyone who knows that they are objec tively better than their ex (but thinks of them just sometimes, “on midnights like this”). The sound of this track is definite ly different for Swift, but I’m personally a fan. Let Taylor use synth!

Question…?

I may be biased because I saw a tweet that said this track was a Cancer, and I’m an easi ly impressionable Cancer. But, the clear “1989” influences would’ve made this one of my favorites anyways.

Vigilante Sh*t

“Vigilante Sh*t” is most definitely in it’s “Reputation” era. It’s fun, it’s dark. It’s a re

venge anthem.

Bejeweled

Sometimes you hear a song, and it makes you want to get ready for a night out. This is the kind of song you play in your bedroom while dancing and doing your makeup with your friends. The sparkly sounds in the background bring the whole song together. “Bejew eled” is pure pop fun.

Labyrinth

Would you look at that, an other song that made me cry! The echoey production, synth, and longing lyrics are all rem iniscent of the best of 2010’s electropop love songs (my guilty pleasure song is “Any thing Could Happen” by Ellie Goulding). “Oh no, I’m falling in love again” with this track.

Karma

The song Swifties have been waiting for for years! In troducing “Karma.” Swift has pointed to the possibility of “Karma” since her 2020 music video for “The Man.” The re veal was worth the wait. Listen to celebrate and/or manifest

karma working in your favor.

Sweet Nothing

The lullaby-like cadence of the intro immediately sets the tone for this song. Reminis cent of the criminally under rated “Folklore” bonus track “The Lakes,” this song seems to refer to Swift’s relationship with boyfriend Joe Alwyn. It’s a beautiful message of finding a love that asks nothing from you.

Mastermind

The title “Mastermind” plays on Swift’s reputation of being a calculated player, both when it comes to the men in her life and her Easter eggfilled marketing. The lyrics are heart-wrenching, and the bridge is built with the preci sion of a civil engineer. With the final reveal, that Swift’s love knew her plan all along, all these elements come together to produce the perfect finale to a sensational album.

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David Miller Wakes Up Manhattan Baseball

Caroline McCarthy Sports Editor/Managing Editor

Pinned to the wall of new head baseball coach David Miller’s office is a handwrit ten note reading “Ownership, Accountability and Responsi bility” (O.A.R.) above “Blame, Excuses and Denial” (B.E.D.). The first pointing up towards the word “victory” and the lat ter pointing downwards at the word “victim.”

“I always talk about getting out of bed in the morning, and it’s not about actually getting out of bed, but it’s more about staying out of blame, excuses and denial,” Miller said. “If you have ownership, accountabili ty and responsibility, you have won the day. But if you have blame, excuses and denial, you’re acting like a victim.”

This is one of the many empowering phrases Miller uses to incite excellence in his team, a tactic that has proven successful in the past. Before coming to Manhattan College, Miller earned the Coach of the Year title in the Atlantic 10 Conference while coaching at La Salle university in 2021, and

again in the United East Con ference while coaching at Penn State Abington in 2022.

He has produced 15 all-con ference players during his ten ure and continuously produced winning seasons for these schools, something he hopes to continue at Manhattan College. He does so through positive re inforcement, a mind over mat ter mentality and an emphasis on passion for the game.

“My philosophy is to get these guys to love practice, that’s when all the hard stuff happens,” Miller said. “And if you can love practice when you’re out there, and you’re practicing as hard as you would play then that will slow the game down.”

Miller played collegiate baseball at Clemson University before becoming the 1995 firstround draft pick for the Cleve land Guardians (known as the Indians at the time) as a rising senior, which he calls the best and worst thing in his life.

Playing alongside Hall of Famers like Jim Thome and Manny Ramirez gave Miller the opportunity to learn from the greats, but playing the same position also proved to be an

obstacle for his own career.

“I knew the journey was going to be hard,” Miller said. “I kept grinding and doing the best I could until the injury bug hit me and tore my hamstring in 1999.”

He lost out on the 2001 and 2002 seasons because of this injury. After an attempted comeback in 2003, Miller had to undergo another surgery later that year, knocking him out of the 2004, 2005 and 2006 seasons. He retired from the Guardians in 2007.

“I have absolutely no re grets in my career,” Miller said. “Just sometimes you wish you were drafted by the Reds or the Pittsburgh Pirates or some body where your trip would’ve been a little easier to the big leagues.”

After retiring, Miller re turned to college as a 37-yearold, which made him realize how he took his education for granted in college. Now, as a coach, his teams have had a 100% graduation rate.

“I got my degree when I was 37 years old. I’ve been on a team that’s played the World Series, I’ve been in a college World Series, I’ve gotten every

trophy you can imagine, but the thing that sits front and center in my office at home is my de gree,” Miller said.

He shares he’s more hard on them academically as a coach to ensure they are pre pared for the second half of life after baseball.

“I want every one of these kids to have the dream of being a pro baseball player, but un derstanding that one day, base ball will end whether you’re 20, 22, 25, 30, 37…and then what? I want them to have something to fall back on,” Miller said.

Miller had been chasing the dream for as long as he could remember. According to a family legend, two-year old Miller once interrupted a fami ly get-together by “blowing up” a birthday cake using a gifted wiffle ball bat and ball set from his grandfather.

“Now I find that to be one of those exaggerated stories over time,” he said with a chuckle.

“But they said they all turned around to see what it was and then there’s this little two year old kid standing there with the bat. My grandfather took me outside and was throwing me balls and I was smacking them

around. I’ve been playing ball ever since.”

Even after the end of his professional career, Miller continued playing in the pro fessional slow pitch softball league, USSSA, alongside oth er amateur and retired profes sional players for five years.

“It’s so much fun,” Miller said. “There’s so much strategy to it. And that’s the stuff I love, the strategy of the game.”

But it wasn’t just a love of baseball that drew him to Man hattan College. After marrying his wife Delores, who was the first girl Miller says he’s ever met, Miller re-found a faith he had lost, one that directly aligned with Manhattan Col lege’s Lasallian mission.

“Coming back (to his faith) and understanding that you truly believe God puts you where he wants you really hits home for me,” Miller said.

He and his wife bought a house in Pennsylvania shortly before LaSalle’s baseball pro gram was discontinued. Now, Miller stays in the Bronx Mon day-Saturday to coach before making it home to PA for date night Saturday nights.

While living in Pennsyl vania, the Millers went on missions to Kensington Penn sylvania, to a place known as “Needle Park” to pray with the community.

“I felt we could do more,” Miller said. “So I started to raise money, get clothing for the winter. We made 1,000 lunches and toiletry kits for women…it really just kinda of helped me realize I need to be more involved in doing better things.”

After getting friends in volved, Miller’s initiative ex panded to sweatshirts, jackets and donated expensive shoes like Yeezy’s and Jordans. Mill er decided to sell the over 60 pairs of donated shoes to buy more sensible products for the community, including suits for interviews.

Miller hopes to continue his charitable actions in the Bronx, and is actively looking for op portunities for himself and his team to volunteer.

“My job is to build a base ball team, but I learned as a coach 20% of my job is base ball,” Miller said. “80% of my job is watching over these kids off the field, getting their grades, life after baseball, making sure they have opportunities for ca reers, making sure they go to class, staying out of trouble be ing, you know, relevant in that community.”

Former Cleveland Guardian first-round draft pick David Miller was announced as the new head coach for the Jaspers on Sept. 8th.

From Freshman to Graduate Goalie: Kimberly Mains Through the Years

Angelina Persaud Asst. News Editor

Kimberly Mains has set new season-high records, es tablished her defensive strat egy and continuously pushes herself to the limit on the field as goalkeeper.

Mains is currently a grad uate mechanical engineering major with a concentration in systems and control.

Originally born in Seoul, South Korea and coming from her hometown of Harriman, NY, Mains said that soccer has been influential to her for her entire life.

“I’ve played basically my whole life. I’ve played since I was about five years old. There’s nothing that I’ve been so dedicated to as much as soc cer,” Mains said.

Mains initially started her soccer career at Immaculate Heart Academy where helped to lead the team to back to back state championships.

Although she started play ing for the Jaspers during her freshman year, her sophomore year was when she had her first win at the collegiate level. During a heated match against Iona, Mains was able to make six saves during a 45 minute pe riod.

Transitioning into her ju nior year, Mains was named

a MAAC All-Academic Team Honoree for the second year in a row as well as MAAC De fensive Player of the Week for her four saves against Canisius. During the MAAC quarterfi nals against Rider University, Mains was able to secure seven stops. Her season high saves record, though, came during double-overtime against Quin nipiac.

Moving into her senior year with the Jaspers, Mains con tinued to excel and break her own records. She ranked first in the MAAC for saves and had a season high 11 saves against Marist College and Monmouth University. She also had a re cord 10 saves on four separate occasions including games against Iona University, St. Pe ter’s University, Marist College and Monmouth University.

Topping off her career in the current 2022 season, Mains continues to push herself and improve her play performance. Racking up a total of 11 saves against Marist College on Oct. 15, Mains has kept herself steady for the current season.

Some of Mains’ other goalie highlights from the 2022 sea son illustrate her commitment to improving her performance with each game. Even in the beginning stages of the season, Mains has set the bar high for herself with a total of six saves against Sacred Heart Universi

ty on Sept. 8.

In a match against Fairfield University, Mains recorded a total of four saves even though the game ended in a 1-4 loss for the Jaspers. She also had a total of three saves against Stony Brook University, which ended in a 1-1 tie. Undoubtedly, Mains has shown dedication to the sport and her team during each match, regardless of the outcome.

However, Mains credits her continuous improvement and peak performance to the amount of practice she’s been given over the years and the opportunities her coaches have provided. Mains was one of four freshmen goalies when she arrived at Manhattan Col lege, as well as the youngest on the team.

“It was very difficult to wrap my mind around being kind of the last string on a team. But I found stuff to work on with my coach. He’s great at giving me an opportunity to have extra training work on everything that I need,” Mains said.

Mains spoke about how she managed to adjust to the setting of soccer at the colle giate level.

“I came in being not very good at having balls higher above me because I’ve always been very short compared to most other goalkeepers. So it gave me something to work on

and my improvement on things like crosses and [defense],” Mains said.

Mains also credited her team for their continuous sup port and their dedication to the sport during each game.

“They’re like my best friends. You spend so much time with them. Over the years, you just create bonds that you can’t replicate anywhere else,” Mains said.

She also spoke about her time as captain and her person al reflection on the experience.

“I think probably one of my biggest accomplishments as a

captain is being able to try to create an amorphous team cul ture into something that every one can enjoy,” Mains said.

She also praised the team’s overall spirit especially when they were falling behind in cer tain matches.

“We have this fight that I ha ven’t really seen with like other teams where we just don’t stop working on the field. No one is giving up at any point, we could be down like three, four goals. No one is giving up and I think that’s something that really says a lot about this team right now,” Mains said.

Mains is currently a graduate mechanical engineering major with a concentration in systems and control.

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Jasper Highlights of the Week

Caroline McCarthy Sports Editor/Managing Editor

IN REVIEW

Men’s Soccer Defeats Marist College

Men’s soccer improved to a 4-1-1 MAAC record this week after defeating the reigning champions, Marist College, in a 2-1 match. Anthony Denis, a junior defender for the Jaspers, scored the game winning goal in the 73rd minute of the match.

After a scoreless first half, Marist’s Demarre Montoute was issued a red card, leaving the Foxes playing with a man down for the rest of the match. Hugo Guerra then scored the first goal of the day to put Marist in the lead in the 52nd minute. Vladimir Lee crossed the ball to Ensa Sanneh for the finish, tying the match before Denis’ goal defined the win for the Jaspers.

Later in the week, the Jaspers tied Quinnipiac in a 0-0 match at Gaelic Park. This puts the Jasper’s at a 4-1-2 record for the MAAC season.

Women’s Soccer Fights Losses

Women’s soccer lost 2-0 at Marist this week, moving them to a 2-3-2 MAAC record this season. Keeper Kim Mains was put to the test with 14 of the Foxes’ 23 shots in the first 45 minutes. Mains had a season-high 11 saves for the Jaspers.

The Jaspers had a season-high 16 shots, leaving multiple opportunities to score but could not exe cute for the win. Only five of the 16 shots were on-goal. Julia Nicholas and Nicolette Caneda both had shots blocked by the Red Foxes.

Later in the week, the Jaspers fell to Quinnipiac in a devastating 5-1 loss. The Bobcats scored within the first two minutes of the match, leaving the Jaspers to trail behind for the duration. Kim Mains and Audrey Johnstone each served a half in goal for the Jaspers, each with three saves.

The Jaspers will host senior day at Gaelic Park on Saturday at noon.

Volleyball Faces a Tough Season

Manhattan College volleyball suffered another two losses this week to Iona and St. Peter’s University, putting their record at 1-20 with only 7 matches left in the season.

The Jaspers lost all three sets to Iona on Saturday. Manhattan held its own in the first two sets but lost 25-22, 28-26 and 25-12. The Jaspers came back from an 8-point deficit in the first set after a time-out pep-talk from coach Miletic. They went on to score the next nine out of ten points to minimize the gap to three points.

The Jaspers took a 14-10 lead in the second set, with seven kills from Julia Menocal and Camila Gomez. Iona tied the game at 23-23 and pulled ahead to earn the ad vantage with a kill from Jen Soto. Both teams battled for the needed 2-point lead to win, and the Gaels eventually succeeded. Gomez continues to lead the team with 15 kills and 16 points, Julieanne McKee had a new season high 25 assists and digs, and Teresa Garza scored 11 digs.

In a much closer match, the Jaspers lost 2-3 to St. Peter’s on Wednesday. Menocal and Gomez had a combined 44 kills during this match. The duo won the first set for the Jaspers, battling the Peacocks to gain the ending 2-point lead. Menocal tied the game at 26 with a kill, Gomez scored the next point to give them the advantage, and Menocal won the set with an ace.

The Peacocks kept a steady lead in the next set, winning 25-20 after a winning nine of the last 13 points.

Set three saw six kills from Menocal and Gomez each, and 11 assists from Sarah Emmons. Manhattan fell behind 12-7 before tying it at 15. The Jaspers won 10 of the next 15 points to win the match 25-21, leaving them leading the match 2-1.

The Peacocks won the last two sets 25-20 and 15-10 with little resistance from the Jaspers.

Women’s Rowing Takes First

In their first event of the fall season, the Manhattan College women’s rowing team won first place in the 4+ race with a time of 15:00.3, defeating the second place team by a full 50 seconds.

At the Overpeck Classic, the Jasper’s home course, Manhattan entered two boats into the 8+ race and one into the 4+ race. In the 8+ race, Boat A finished in 14:10.1 and Boat B finished in 15:05.9.

The winning 4+ boat will compete next weekend at the Head of Charles regatta in Boston, Massa chusetts.

“We definitely identified some areas of opportunity, but all boats had some incredible high points to their races and came off the water happy,” Kate Hickes, head coach for Manhattan, told GoJaspers. com.

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